Adam and I have talked about renovating our kitchen for almost as long as we've lived in our lovely condo. We absolutely love almost everything about our home except for our kitchen. I don't want to malign our hardworking little kitchen with all its modern conveniences like running water, dishwasher, gas stove, etc. and its nice little touches like working drawers and granite countertops, but it's rather small and lacking in storage for the two of us. We're often bumping into each other and we have way too much kitchen stuff. We've taken to storing our appliances and other things up on top of our cabinets. It's not only unsightly, but dangerous if something falls off the top of the cabinet and say hits me on the head. We also love having people over so having a more functional kitchen would be super awesome.
Our kitchen renovation plans are so big, we're actually annexing our dining room. [Insert current events reference to Crimea.] The kitchen will be one big combined room with lots of cabinets, new appliances and loads more storage. I'm super excited about getting a double oven so I can bake 2X as much. Yay! Adam is excited about a new bottom freezer fridge where he doesn't have to bend over to find things in the fridge. We're aiming to start early April and hopefully we'll be done in 2-3 months. Wish us luck and invite us over for dinner since we'll be dining on Hot Pockets for a few months. For now, I leave you with our most frequently asked question.
Q: Ummm...I hear you two aren't the most "handy." How much "work" will you guys be doing?
A: Great question! We're totally not handy so we've decided to outsource. We're feeling pretty good this decision for the following reasons:
1. The economy. Hiring a contractor will boost GDP whereas doing the work yourself does not boost GDP officially. We aim to boost the GDP by less than 0.00000000000000000329%.
2. Comparative advantage! If we all stick to what we're comparatively better at, economic theory tells us we'll have higher utility.
3. Absolute advantage! Turns out Adam and I are really bad at being handy and our contractor absolutely has not only comparative advantage, he has an absolute advantage over our terrible skills so therefore we will really be much much better off outsourcing.
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